Station list
420354088170500 ELGIN WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY AT ELGIN, IL
LOCATION.--Latitude 42°03'54", longitude 88°17'05", in SW¼NE¼NE¼ sec.2, T.41 N., R.8 E., Kane County,
within the water-treatment facility on the south side of the frontage road (along the south side of U.S. Highway 90),
approximately 0.5 mi east of State Highway 31 in Elgin.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--March 22, 1989 to September 15, 1995 and March 25, 1997 to current year.
GAGE.--A 8-in.-diameter, unheated, tipping-bucket rain gage.
REMARKS.--Snowfall-affected data can result during cold weather when snow fills the rain-gage funnel and then melts as
temperatures rise. Snowfall-affected data are subject to appreciable errors.
MAXIMUM FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum recorded, 2.45 in., October 4, 1991 but may have been greater during periods
of missing record.
MAXIMUM FOR WATER YEAR 1997.--Maximum recorded, 1.16 in., August 17, 1997.
MAXIMUM FOR WATER YEAR 1998.--Maximum, 2.04 in., May 7, 1998.